Endocrine Disruptors

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 1259-1260

  Matsui, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Hormones; Nonylphenol; PAH; PCB; Phthalates; Sexual abnormality; TBT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892677409     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00402-X     Document Type: Chapter

References (7)

1. T. Colborn, D. Dumanoski and J.P. Myers (1996) Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story New York: Dutton 306pp, (ISBN 0452274141)
2. Endocrine Disruptors (2006) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/ (accessed on Jan 2008)
3. Executive Summary (2002) Global assessment of the state-of-the-science of endocrine disruptors. International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/ipcs/publications/en/ch1.pdf (accessed January 2008)
4. N. Tatarazako and S. Oda (2007) The water flea Daphnia magna (Crustacea, Cladocera) as a test species for screening and evaluation of chemicals with endocrine disrupting effects on crustaceans. Ecotoxicology 16 197-203.
5. http://ec.europa.eu – European Commission – Environment – Endocrine disrupters
6. http://www.epa.gov/ – United States Environmental Protection Agency, Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
7. http://www.nrdc.org – Endocrine Disruptors FAQ, Natural Resources Defense Council